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Napoleon Meditating before the Tomb of Frederick II of Prussia in the crypt of the Garnisonkirche in Potsdam, c.1810

Ponce-Camus. Marie Nicholas (1769-1832) (after); French. Medium: engraving. Date: 19th Century. After the battle of Iena in October 1806, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) stopped for two days en route to Berlin at Potsdam where he visited Sans-Souci and the tomb of Frederick the Great (1744-97); Friedrich der Grosse; Provenance: Private Collection. Photographic Rights The Bridgeman Art Library.